Remaining group of 188th Airmen return from deployment to Kandahar

The long, tiresome wait was finally over. Approximately 50 Airmen from the Arkansas Air National Guard's 188th Fighter Wing returned Tuesday, May 25, from an Aerospace Expeditionary Force (AEF) deployment to Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan. The group touched down at Fort Smith Regional Airport at

188th pilots, A-10s return from Kandahar deployment, unit's first combat mission since aircraft transition

A long, arduous journey came to a halt Saturday here at the home of the 188th Fighter Wing. Ten pilots and ten A-10C Thunderbolt II "Warthogs" from the Arkansas Air National Guard unit returned from an Aerospace Expeditionary Force (AEF) deployment to Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan.The AEF mission

188th Fighter Wing burns midnight oil in late night homecoming; more than 200 Airmen return from Kandahar deployment

While their minds were focused on the mission, their hearts were longing for home.More than 200 members of the Arkansas Air National Guard's 188th Fighter Wing returned to home station Monday following an Aerospace Expeditionary Force (AEF) deployment to Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan.A World

Training at 188th helps Air National Guard CBRNE Challenge Team prep for national event

The 188th Fighter Wing is in the business of preparation.The 188th's Regional Training Site Special Tactics and Response facilities functioned as the training site for the Air National Guard Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRNE) Challenge Team's preparation for this week's Air

188th, Fort Chaffee, AFRC host Arkansas National Guard Senior Leaders Conference

Much has transpired in the past five years in the Arkansas National Guard. New construction, an aircraft transition and increased deployments have existed as everyday business for members of the Arkansas National Guard.The Arkansas National Guard hosted a Senior Leaders Conference May 6 at three key

CBRNE training

Agriculture Development Team stands up operations in Zabul Province; Arkansas Guardsmen apply farming experience to benefit Afghan development

Agriculture Development Team stands up operations in Zabul Province; Arkansas Guardsmen apply farming experience to benefit Afghan development. Coalition forces in Zabul Province gained a new tool in the agricultural redevelopment process this month as the Zabul Agriculture Development Team stood up

188th Fighter Wing produces dominant showing at TAG marksmanship matches

The 188th Fighter Wing took aim at the top prize and shot down the competition en route to a dominating exhibition of shooting skill at the annual 2010 Arkansas National Guard Adjutant General's (TAG) Marksmanship Sustainment Training Exercise April 24-25 at Camp Joseph T. Robinson. The 188th, an

Hogging the spotlight

Arkansas National Guard Agricultural Development team establishes base camp in southern Afghanistan

The Arkansas Agriculture Development Team of the Arkansas National Guard arrived here on April 5, 2010, and is establishing its footprint on the base and preparing to begin its mission in southern Afghanistan.The ADT is the first unit of its kind in the Arkansas National Guard in that it is the